I’ll blog about this one at some point, but the one I wanted to mention here is this one, which is a good read for people who want to build better tools to let normal people make computers “do stuff”.
A notable quote:
For example, no one still uses textual markup for word processing (except, notably, Computer Scientists with TeX).
by Stan
15 May 2007 at 17:51
And physicists and mathematicians!
by adam
15 May 2007 at 18:48
hehe and wiki markup?
by Andrew Gilmartin
16 May 2007 at 07:24
And what about all those wikis and blogs? They might not be traditional word processing but they sure convey information from one person to another — the reason for word processing (such a silly term).